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Easy Store | Catalog Mode, Bulk Product Upload Process / Utility

Asked by malm76 3 years ago Last activity 1 year ago

Hello:

Thank you for the release of eaststore.

I have read the marketing page and also the help files related to easystore and I do not see either of the following mentioned, so I am asking here:

  1. Catalog Mode: Does easy store have a setting for catalog mode only (no shopping cart / checkout function)

  2. Bulk Product & Image Upload: I woould be loading about 48,000 distinct intems. Most other ecommerce extensions offer a bulk utility to make this feasible and easy. Does Easystore have one?

Thank you.

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Paul Frankowski Senior Staff
3 years ago · edited

Hi Malm,

As you noticed EasyStore is fresh product, we cannot compare it with HikaShop features today. New functionalities/settings will be added over time. Many of them are on the wish-list already. I hope you understand that.

  1. Not yet. The only way now it would be to hide "Add to card" & "Quantity" by custom CSS lines.
  2. Not yet.

The main question is: why use shopping component for catalog when there are advanced catalog components for Joomla already?

malm76 Asked this
2 years ago

  1. There are many reasons why it is benificial to use an ecommerce extension in a catalog / product display mode. This is why so many of the poplular ecommerce Joomla extensions include and offer the capability. This is really not the approriate venue to go into the discussion as to the reasons or benefits. My guess - at some point it will be added as you will have many asking for the capability.

  2. Ok. Thank you.

ANT
1 year ago

Hello,
One year later, I find this topic.
Why ? Because I search something new to replace hikashop or virtuemart for a few new customers (too complicated)
And why is catalog mode usefull ? Because it let me create presentation site for their products, and they often do not want to sell them online, but the day they want to we just have to enable the shop, and everything is done.

Paul Frankowski Senior Staff
1 year ago

I know that catalog is useful, but the main purpose was creating a SHOP, not CATALOG component.
I think our developers focus on that on first place. Later then can consider other uses.

Besides, as you notice in the meantime SPPB got a new feature (Dynamic Content), that also can be used for Catalog purposes. And I think soon it will be even more improved in that topic.

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